By Larry Fitzmaurice on August 9, 2011 at 12:30 p.m. EDT

It's been a while since we heard a proper rap-heavy album from El-P-- his last effort, I'll Sleep When You're Dead, dropped four years ago. (He also released an instrumental beat tape, Weareallgoingtoburninhellmegamixxx3, last year). That'll change next year, when El-P releases the I'll Sleep When You're Dead follow-up tentatively titled Cancer for Cure on new label home Fat Possum.

By Larry Fitzmaurice on July 29, 2011 at 3:40 p.m. EDT

By Tom Breihan on July 7, 2011 at 3:05 p.m. EDT

Youth Lagoon: "Montana"

Youth Lagoon is Trevor Powers, a 22-year-old multi-instrumentalist from Boise who records indie rock that sounds way too epic to be the work of one dude in his bedroom. After building up a nice amount of buzz thanks to his Bandcamp page-- his song "July" recently landed in our Best New Tracks section-- Powers has signed to Fat Possum. The label will release his debut album The Year of Hibernation on September 27. (In Europe, it'll be out on Lefse.) Stream the album track "Montana" above.

Powers also has a few gigs lined up in September, his schedule is below.

By Larry Fitzmaurice on December 1, 2010 at 1:35 p.m. EST

By Tom Breihan on November 2, 2010 at 3:45 p.m. EDT

Last month, we reported that the married indie pop duo Tennis had signed with Fat Possum and that they were working on their debut album. Well, that album, Cape Dory, arrives on January 18, and we've got the album cover above and the tracklist below. Check out the track "Marathon" at the Playlist.

By Tom Breihan on October 7, 2010 at 6:05 p.m. EDT

Earlier this year, Tennis, a husband-and-wife lo-fi pop duo from Denver, released a 7" on Underwater Peoples and landed in the Playlist. And now the band has inked a deal with Fat Possum, a label that's built up a seriously impressive roster of indie bands over the past few years.

By Tom Breihan on June 17, 2010 at 5:10 p.m. EDT

A few months ago, Pitchfork dropped an 8.0 on Tomorrow Is Alright, the charmingly ramshackle debut album from Bay Area garage-pop crew Sonny & the Sunsets. Originally released on the Soft Abuse label, Tomorrow Is Alright will soon get a wider release. Fat Possum has snapped the band up, and will reissue Tomorrow Is Alright on CD and download August 31. (It'll still be available on vinyl on Soft Abuse.)